There are very few interviews I turn down, because I really dig talking to people and hanging out.

Everything I'm doing now is something I did before, only it's bigger now.

I've also been writing for other artists, producing other artists, doing some country stuff. Those lyrics I tend to leave more universal.

Everything I read about me is what I say. The way I've come across is exactly who I am. So far, they haven't skewed it to be one way or another too much.

I classify myself as a student and a teacher. This year, I'm back into the student. I try to stay balanced. I learn so much every time I walk about my door.

I have a lot of survivor insticts, and I know when to quit. I know when to go forward it my life, but not everybody does.

It's just that only now are women coming around, and when someone as striking as Alanis or Sheryl Crow comes out, the public just needs something to compare it to.